Patents by Inventor William H. Johnson
William H. Johnson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240140278Abstract: A child restraint includes a juvenile seat adapted to support a child in a vehicle and a seat base adapted to rest on a vehicle seat. The seat base is fixed to the vehicle seat to support the juvenile seat for transportation in the vehicle. The juvenile seat can move from a rearward-facing orientation to a forward-facing orientation for children of varying sizes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: William P. MCHUGH, Jason H. JOHNSON
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Publication number: 20240103301Abstract: A head-mounted display may include a display system and an optical system in a housing. The display system may have displays that produce images. Positioners may be used to move the displays relative to the eye positions of a user's eyes. An adjustable optical system may include tunable lenses such as tunable cylindrical liquid crystal lenses. The displays may be viewed through the lenses when the user's eyes are at the eye positions. A sensor may be incorporated into the head-mounted display to measure refractive errors in the user's eyes. The sensor may include waveguides and volume holograms, and a camera for gathering light that has reflected from the retinas of the user's eyes. Viewing comfort may be enhanced by adjusting display positions relative to the eye positions and/or by adjusting lens settings based on the content being presented on the display and/or measured refractive errors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Victoria C. Chan, Christina G. Gambacorta, Graham B. Myhre, Hyungryul Choi, Nan Zhu, Phil M. Hobson, William W. Sprague, Edward A. Valko, Qiong Huang, Branko Petljanski, Paul V. Johnson, Brandon E. Clarke, Elijah H. Kleeman
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Patent number: 11915321Abstract: Systems and methods provide for an automated system for analyzing damage and processing claims associated with an insured item, such as a vehicle. An enhanced claims processing server may analyze damage associated with the insured item using photos/video transmitted to the server from a user device (e.g., a mobile device). The mobile device may receive feedback from the server regarding the acceptability of submitted photos/video, and if the server determines that any of the submitted photos/video is unacceptable, the mobile device may capture audio descriptions regarding the insured item. To aid in damage analysis, the server may also interface with various internal and external databases storing reference images of undamaged items and cost estimate information for repairing previously analyzed damages to similar items.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: Jennifer A. Brandmaier, Mark E. Faga, Robert H. Johnson, Daniel Koza, William Loo, Clint J. Marlow, Kurt M. Stricker
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Patent number: 10863348Abstract: A system and method for secure communications is disclosed which includes a processor(s) of a first appliqué spreading an uplink signal of a user from user equipment, where the first appliqué is coupled to the user equipment, and where the user equipment is connected to a mobile network. The processor(s) frequency shifts the spread uplink signal to maintain orthogonality over the mobile network.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Perspecta Labs Inc.Inventors: Joseph C. Liberti, William H. Johnson
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Patent number: 7930490Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method for utilizing a memory cartridge connected to a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The memory cartridge can comprise a plurality of memory segments. The method can comprise a plurality of activities comprising: providing a default identifying stamp for records in a data log file, a structure for the data log file stored separately from the data log file in the memory cartridge, and obtaining a request to provide the data log file.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2003Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.Inventors: Mark Steven Boggs, Steven Michael Hausman, Temple Luke Fulton, William H. Johnson
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Patent number: 7904671Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method for utilizing a memory cartridge connected to a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The memory cartridge can comprise a plurality of memory segments. The method can comprise a plurality of activities comprising: providing a default identifying stamp for records in a data log file, a structure for the data log file stored separately from the data log file in the memory cartridge, and obtaining a request to provide the data log file.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.Inventors: Mark Steven Boggs, Steven Michael Hausman, Temple Luke Fulton, William H. Johnson
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Patent number: 7856539Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method for utilizing a memory cartridge connected to a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The memory cartridge can comprise a plurality of memory segments. The method can comprise a plurality of activities comprising: providing a default identifying stamp for records in a data log file, a structure for the data log file stored separately from the data log file in the memory cartridge, and obtaining a request to provide the data log file.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.Inventors: Mark Steven Boggs, Steven Michael Hausman, Temple Luke Fulton, William H. Johnson
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Patent number: 7813816Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising a plurality of activities comprising: at a programmable logic controller comprising a memory device, receiving a request to create a data log that is adapted to receive data from a process; initializing the data log by writing to the data log a head marker code in the record type field of a first record and an invalid code in the record type field of a last record of the data log, the last record logically preceding and logically adjacent to the first record.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2005Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.Inventors: Temple Luke Fulton, Mark Steven Boggs, Steven Michael Hausman, William H. Johnson
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Patent number: 7793056Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method for utilizing a memory cartridge connected to a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The memory cartridge can comprise a plurality of memory segments. The method can comprise a plurality of activities comprising: providing a default identifying stamp for records in a data log file, a structure for the data log file stored separately from the data log file in the memory cartridge, and obtaining a request to provide the data log file.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.Inventors: Mark Steven Boggs, Steven Michael Hausman, Temple Luke Fulton, William H. Johnson
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Patent number: 7203553Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method for utilizing a memory cartridge connected to a PLC, the memory cartridge comprising a plurality of memory segments. The method can comprise a plurality of activities comprising: providing the memory cartridge, the memory cartridge housing a memory module, and providing to the memory cartridge a project file. The project file can comprise a user program, a recipe comprising a plurality of input values, each input value from the plurality of input values corresponding to a process variable, and a structure of a data log file stored separately from the data log file.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2003Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.Inventors: Temple Luke Fulton, William H Johnson, Mark Steven Boggs, Steven Michael Hausman
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Patent number: 6916136Abstract: A process for converting municipal solid waste landfills to aerobic conditions that will allow for a highly accelerated and enhanced bioreduction of landfill mass, followed by the optional excavation of the landfill cell materials subsequent to the bioreduction process, separation of excavated materials using trommels, screens, and other means as necessary, production of useable compost materials, and reclamation of recyclable plastics, metal, and glass.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignees: Waste Management Holdings, Inc., Arcadis Geraghty & MillerInventors: Gordon Layton, Dale Courtney, Matthew C. Smith, William H. Johnson
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Publication number: 20040133753Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method for utilizing a memory cartridge connected to a PLC, the memory cartridge comprising a plurality of memory segments. The method can comprise a plurality of activities comprising: providing the memory cartridge, the memory cartridge housing a memory module, and providing to the memory cartridge a project file. The project file can comprise a user program, a recipe comprising a plurality of input values, each input value from the plurality of input values corresponding to a process variable, and a structure of a data log file stored separately from the data log file.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Inventors: Temple Luke Fulton, William H. Johnson, Mark Steven Boggs, Steven Michael Hausman
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Publication number: 20030108394Abstract: A process for converting municipal solid waste landfills to aerobic conditions that will allow for a highly accelerated and enhanced bioreduction of landfill mass, followed by the optional excavation of the landfill cell materials subsequent to the bioreduction process, separation of excavated materials using trommels, screens, and other means as necessary, production of useable compost materials, and reclamation of recyclable plastics, metal, and glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2002Publication date: June 12, 2003Applicants: Waste Management of Georgia, Inc., Arcadis Geraghty & Miller, Inc., University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Gordon Layton, Dale Courtney, Matthew C. Smith, William H. Johnson
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Patent number: 6481929Abstract: A process for converting municipal solid waste landfills to aerobic conditions that will allow for a highly accelerated and enhanced bioreduction of landfill mass, followed by the optional excavation of the landfill cell materials subsequent to the bioreduction process, separation of excavated materials using trommels, screens, and other devices as necessary, production of useable compost materials, and reclamation of recyclable plastics, metal, and glass.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1999Date of Patent: November 19, 2002Assignees: Arcadis Geraghty & Miller, Waste Management of Georgia, Inc., University of Georgia Research FoundationInventors: Gordon Layton, Dale Courtney, Matthew C. Smith, William H. Johnson
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Patent number: 5614625Abstract: The invention provides hydroxamic acid derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl; R.sup.2 represents a saturated 5- to 8-membered monocyclic or bridged N-heterocyclic ring, which N-heterocyclic ring is attached via the N atom and when it is monocyclic, optionally contains NR.sup.4, O, S, SO or SO.sub.2 as a ring member and/or is optionally substituted on one or more C atoms by hydroxy, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, oxo, ketalized oxo, amino, mono(lower alkyl)amino, di(lower alkyl)amino, carboxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, hydroxy-methyl, lower alkoxymethyl, carbamoyl, mono(lower alkyl)-carbamoyl, di(lower alkyl)carbamoyl or hydroxyimino; R.sup.3 represents a 5- or 6-membered N-heterocyclic ring which (a) is attached via the N atom, (b) optionally contains N, O and/or S, SO or SO.sub.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 1995Date of Patent: March 25, 1997Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Broadhurst, Paul A. Brown, William H. Johnson
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Patent number: 5475277Abstract: A PM (permanent magnet) motor is described, that uses electromagnetic current to release or pull a PM, which has increased starting torque and a large power output in a small volume. The motor includes phase units (60, FIG. 3 ) each having three electromagnets (46A-46C) and each having two PMs (44A, 44B) of Nd-B-Fe permanent magnet material. At a start position, a PM (44B) of each phase unit is centered between the cores (50B, 50C) of two electromagnets, and there is slight overlap (90, FIG. 6 ) of each of the two core faces (64B, 64C) with the PM face (62A). Each PM face has a longer circumferential length (D) than that (G) of each core face. Each PM face and each core face, has an axial length (E, FIG. 1 ) which is much larger than its circumferential length (D, G). The interface end of each electromagnet coil lies a small distance (K) from the core face.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1993Date of Patent: December 12, 1995Assignee: Fluidmaster, Inc.Inventor: William H. Johnson
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Patent number: 5447929Abstract: Hydroxamic acid derivatives of the fdrrnula ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are collagenase inhibitors useful for the control or prevention of degenerative joint diseases, such as, rheumatoid arthritis and ostecarthritis or for the treatment of invasive tumours, atherosclerosis or multiple sclerosis, are described. Said compounds can be prepared either by hyclroxamidating a corresponding carboxylic acid or deprotecting a corresponding benzyloxycarbamoyl compound.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1994Date of Patent: September 5, 1995Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Broadhurst, Paul A. Brown, William H. Johnson, Geoffrey Lawton
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Patent number: 5428282Abstract: Improvements are described in an electric motor that includes a rotor with permanent magnets and a stator with electromagnets, of the "release" type wherein current to a "last" electromagnet that a permanent magnet is moving away from, receives only enough current to "release" the permanent magnet from the electromagnet core, with the permanent magnet attracted to the core of the "next" electromagnet whose coil does not carry current. The amount of current to the "last" electromagnet varies with the angular distance of the permanent magnet moving away from the "last" electromagnet. The electromagnets and permanent magnets can be in a ratio of 3 to 2. The percent of total electromagnets which are energized during each complete rotation of the rotor, can be reduced to save electricity when only a small output torque is required.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 1993Date of Patent: June 27, 1995Assignee: Fluidmaster, Inc.Inventor: William H. Johnson
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Patent number: 5318964Abstract: Hydroxamic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are collagenase inhibitors useful for the control or prevention of degenerative joint diseases, such as, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis or for the treatment of invasive tumors, atherosclerosis or multiple sclerosis, are described. Said compounds can be prepared either by hydroxamidating a corresponding carboxylic acid or deprotecting a corresponding benzyloxycarbamoyl compound.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1993Date of Patent: June 7, 1994Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Broadhurst, Paul A. Brown, William H. Johnson, Geoffrey Lawton
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Patent number: D348546Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1991Date of Patent: July 5, 1994Assignee: Shenandoah Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventor: William H. Johnson